Chapter 7: Pick-Up

A/N: Hello everyone. Sorry for such a long wait. For those of you not reading my story Regret, I was out in Panama for vacation, and WiFi is not as available there as it is here. Again, sorry for the wait and enjoy.

Humphrey's POV:

Kate and I walked out of the school building and on our way to the parking lot still listening to music. On the way over to the pick up area, we passed a lot of my friends. Most just greeted me but when Wags, my idiot of a best friend who embarrassed me at lunch, passed by, he shot me a raised eyebrow at us. I just motioned him to leave us alone, and he walked away cackling. He's my bro, but sometimes he gets on my nerves. I glanced over at Kate for her reaction but she just rolled her eyes and chuckled. We kept passing by people as we were listening to more Matt Maher. She seems to really like him, which is awesome. It's nice to know she's got a freaking good taste in music. We finally got to the pick-up lane as cars were rolling by trying to get out of the area as quickly as possible. Kate turned at me looking kind of sad. It seemed as if she didn't want to leave.

"You see your ride?" she asked with a glum tone. I replied with a no. "Do your parents come late to pick you up?" She added. I was taken back by her question because of what happened, but she didn't know. I chose to not let her know my story because by the astronomically slim that she will actually like me, I want her to like me for me and not as if I was some pity case or something.

"Yeah, they usually get here late," I lied. She nodded her head. Well, my parents live far so I guess we both got time to hang out," she said with a grin spreading across her very pretty face. After she finished her sentence, Lilly showed up. I forgot she was Kate's sister. They don't really look alike.

"Sup sis! Hey Humphrey," she greeted as she approached us. She then took a seat on the ground and we soon followed suit. Kate and I sat close as we chatted. Lilly shot me a raised eyebrow when she saw me sharing my music with Kate. She knows I've never done that before with anyone, let alone a girl. I just quickly shrugged my shoulders. She nodded in reply. That's why Lilly is such a good friend, she understands me and she gives me my personal space and doesn't pry when I don't want her to. After our silent conversation, Lilly focused her attention on her sister. "So how was your first day Kate?" She asked.

"Besides the unpleasant lunch we had, it was pretty cool. I prefer it alot to how my private school works. It was torture having to dress like a kindergarten school girl every day. The uniforms there were ridiculous. It was VERY annoying to say the least," Kate replied. "I was hoping when I got to this school, I'd be away from HIM. Why didn't you tell me he was here, Lilly?" Kate asked. She was very upset. "Well, it was so long that I thought you forgot about him it was a good half year. I can't believe they even accepted him here, he was out of school for like 3 months and he didn't show up till summer camp Kate. I'm sorry," Lilly replied quietly. "I didn't want you to go to a different school. I didn't know it was so horrible to want your sister to be with you," Lilly said looking down.

Kate was taken back by what Lilly said. She apologized for being so inconsiderate. Lilly felt better after Kate apologized and changed the subject again. "Well, I see you made a friend, Kate," Lilly said with raised eyebrows at her. Kate blushed as she looked at me and replied, "Yeah, I did. Humphrey showed me the ropes around here."

"Oh really!" Lilly exclaimed with enthusiasm, this time with raised eyebrows raised at me. Kate soon shook her head and said it was no big deal. At that moment I heard a car horn. A Hummer approached the pick-up lane an drove up to us. It was the girls' parents. I heard a sigh from Kate.

"Well, I guess I'll see you ladies later," I said. They both got up and entered their rides while I was waving goodbye. Lilly got in the Hummer first, and then Kate. While she got in, she didn't take her eyes off me until her car got onto the main street. I sighed. Man... She's amazing. "Fat chance Humphrey..." I mumbled. I walked up to my Mazda and unlocked it. I threw all of my stuff in the trunk and shut it tight. I slumped into the driver's seat and sighed. I was freaking tired. I hooked up my MP3 to the auxiliary jack in my car, put my Paramore playlist on, and blasted the speakers. I drove away, happy that this day turned out a lot better than I had hoped it would be.

A/N: Again, sorry for the delay. Hope you enjoyed, the next one will be a lot more interesting, I got a lot of ideas for this story. Again, thanks for reading and I'll see you for the next one.

-MLW22